Cutting-pen.



v A. JUNIOR.

CUTTING PEN.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 7. 1914.

1,147,097. I Patented July 20, 1915.

lll l @AT P ADOLF JUNIOR, OF FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, GERMANY.

CUTTING-PEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1915.

Application filed April '7, 1914. Serial No. 830,286.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AnoLr JUNIOR, a subject of the German Emperor, andresident of Frankforton-theMain, Germany, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cutting-Pens, of which the following is aspecification.

To cutting-pens, which are drawn along a ruler for cutting paper or thelike, the drawback occurs that, unless the same are very carefullyguided along the ruler, the latter is easily cut and thus damaged by thecutting-pen.

To avoid this, the present invention provides an improved device forsecurely guiding the cutting-pen when the same is drawn along the ruler,thus preventing the latter from being damaged.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 shows the cutting-pen provided onthe end of a pencil holder and fitted with the improved guide, Fig. 2shows the improved device during its use, and Fig. 3 shows the guideclosed over the blade of the cutting-pen when the latter is not in use;all figures being perspective views.

The cutting-pen 3 is preferably provided on the end of a pencil holder 1of any known type, in such a way that it is pressed into the free end ofthe holder, which is preferably fiattened for this purpose. The pen 3 isprovided with a slot'2, in which the U shaped guide a is pivotallymounted, so as to move and turn snugly therein. When not in use, thecutting-pen is covered by the guide and thus protected against damage.In order to prevent the guide from unintentionally leaving the positionin which it covers the cutting blade of the pen, the outer end of thesame is angularly recessed at 5. To put the guide over the pen, it mustthus first be pulled outward, then turned over the pen, and finallypushed inward for engagement of its recess with the point of the pen;see Fig. 3. For a sideward removal of the guide, the latter must againbe pulled outward in order to liberate the point of the pen from saidrecess, and then turned aside at about right angles to the longitudinalaxis'of the pen and holder, the end of the latter serving as an abutmentfor the guide in this position (Fig. 1). The guide and pen are thenready for use (Fig. 2). Obviously, the guide can also be held in itsposition over the pen by a certain spring action of its lateral members,in which case the slot 2 can be omitted.

What I claim, is:

1. A cutting-pen, comprising in combination, a holder, a cutting bladeinserted in the lower end of the latter, and a U-shaped guide pivotedwith its free ends to said cut ting blade and adapted either to coversaid blade or to be placed at right angles thereto, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. A cutting-pen, comprising in combination, a holder, a cutting bladeinserted in the lower end of the latter and provided with a slot, apivot snugly engaging in said slot, a U-shaped guide having an angularrecess in its outer end and connected with said cutting blade throughsaid pivot and adapted either to cover said blade or to be placed atright angles thereto, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' ADOLF JUNIOR.

Witnesses:

JEAN GRUND, CARL BUETMULLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

